Improvement in revolving- cupboard



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.Letters Patent No. 97,980, dated December 14, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN REVOLVING- CUPBOARD.

The Schedule referred to `in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it 'may concern: l

Beit known that I, XVnNDELn WRIGHT, of Bloomfield, in the county of Essex, and `State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in `Revolving Cnpboards; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and Yexact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make-and use` the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

.l The object of this invention is to form a communication between two adjoining rooms, through the in` terveniug partition, to utilize space ina corner 'or angle of a room; and p The invention con` sts 'of' an `outer casing, (circular or otherwise,) in-one or more sections, and a series of circular shelves divided by upright rings, and s upported by central pivots ou which the shelves and rings revolve, as hereinafter more fully described.

`In the accompanying drawingJ- p Figure 1 represents a horizontal section of the cupy board, through the line x x of fig. 2.

I' Figure 2 is a vertical section of thecupboard, through 1 the line y got' fig. 1

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts. i

'lhis cupboard may be made ot' any desired length and diameter, and may ext-end to the floor or not, as

may be desired, and have any desirednumber of shelves and wings.

A represents the partition between tw-o apartments'. `-l5 is the lcasingwliich liiaybe made circular, (as represented) or in any other form. It may bemade'- in sections, with a door on each side of the partition,

` for giving access tothe cupboard, as -seen in the drawing. angle, 4the casing would be inV one section, while the shelves would revolve as represented.

When the cupboard is placed in a corner or G represents thepdoors.

D represents the shelves of the revolving cupboard.

V i.hese shelves aredivided by the upright wings E.

" E is the top ofthe cupboard, and Gis the bottom.

llhe revolving cupboard mayextend to the bottomV of the' casing A, if desired, or a recess, H, on each4 side ofthe partition, may be left beneath it, as seen.

I I represent pivots, on which the cupboard revolves. To place the cupboard properly in the partition, an aperture of the size of the casing A'isgout through. y

The casing is secured in. the aperture thus made at the sides, or at the. bottom or top, either permanently or otherwise.

J J represent the hinges of the doors.

Adoor being on each side or section of' the casing, it will be seen that a communication is opened beteen two adjoining rooms or apartments without the p possibility ot seeing from one to the other? Articles, as books, Crockery, or clothing contained in any of the compartments of the cupboard are read- XVitnesses:

GnofW. Manen,

ALEX. F. Renners. 

